Calendar.



No. 759,549. PATENTED MAY 10, 1904. P. M. RAND.

CALENDAR.

APPLIUATION FILED SEPT. 4, 1903.

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Patented May 10, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

FRANKLIN M. RAND, OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

CALENDAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 759,549, dated May 10, 1904.

Application filed September 4:, 1903- Serial No. 171,932- (No model.)

To all/Z whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN M. RAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cambridge, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Calendars; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to calendars and memorandum-tablets for use on oflice-desks; and it consists in the novel construction and combination of the parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the calendar. Fig. 2 is a side view of the calendar. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the calendar, showing the guard raised. Fig. 4 is a plan View of the base-plate from below.

A is the base-plate, provided with side lugs 6 near its rear part.

B is a downwardly-projecting flange at the rear part of the base A, and b is an opening in the rear part of the base.

C represents spring-bars formed of a loop of thick steel wire. The middle parts of the loop bear against the back of base in the opening 6, and the free end portions 0 of the spring-bars are bent forwardly and engage with holes in the flange B. The intermediate parts of the bars are bent double,and the leaves D of the calendar are perforated at one end and are arranged on the foremost of the said bars.

E is a guard, which is pivoted by screws 6 to the lugs b of the base-plate. The guard consists of an open frame which normally rests on the leaves of the calendar and prevents them from being raised. When the calendar is in use, the guard is turned back on its pivot-screws to the position shown in Fig. 3. The guard has offset arms f, and the pivotscrews, which engage with these arms, are arranged in line with each other and about midway between the bars C. The pivot-screws may be adjusted so as to vary the friction between the base and the guard, so that the guard may be raised and set at any convenient angle. I'Vhen the guard is raised, the leaves of the calendar are raised one by one and turned back, as shown in Fig. 3. The date and other particulars usually found on calendars are printed on the leaves and arranged face downward, so that the date and other particulars are exposed when the leaves are raised and turned back. The upper sides of the leaves, which are not printed on, form convenient tablets for memoranda, and the blank parts of the printed sides of the leaves can also be used for that purpose. The leaves may be folded back or may be torn off, as desired.

What I claim is 1. In a calendar, the combination, with a base provided with side lugs, of spring-bars carried by the said base, a series of leaves slidable on the said bars, and a guard-plate pivoted to the said lugs and normally resting on the said leaves and arranged to be set at an angle when raised.

2. The combination, with a base provided with a flange on its under side, and lugs at its sides, of spring-bars formed ofa wire loop, the intermediate parts of the said loop being bent double and its ends bent forward and secured in holes in the said flange, a series of leaves slidable on the said bars, and a guardplate pivoted to the said lugs and normally resting on the said leaves and arranged to be set at an angle. I

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature i presence of two witnesses.

, FRANKLIN M. RAND.

l/Vitnesses:

Amer. J. MURRAY, FRED. K. DAGGETT. 

